Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-221) and index.
Contents:
People make their choices -- Opportunity matters -- Opportunity matters : more yet -- How power works -- Capitalism : "classical" class -- Realities of class today -- Running the system : business power and political power -- Cultural power -- Increasing inequality today -- Confronting inequality and class : distributive justice -- Confronting inequality and class : economy, community and biosphere.
Summary:
This book is about the causes and consequences of economic inequality in modern advanced market economies, offering an economic analysis of the power structures constituting the social class system. After considering what is wrong with power-based inequality in terms of criteria of distributive justice and economic functionality, it concludes with an outline of various possible correctives.
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